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# Document Definition editor menu
> Commands on the Document Definition editor menus in FlexiCapture: Document Definition, Edit, View, Layout, Form, Testing, Batch, and Tools.
## Document Definition
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Add Pages... | Adds a new page image to the Document Definition. |
| Add Document Section... | Adds a new section to the batch. |
| Add Summary Section... | Adds a [summary section](/flexi-capture/templates/docsets-settings) to the batch |
| Import Document Section... | Imports the selected document section. |
| Add Link to Document... | Adds a link to another Document Definition to the Document Definition. |
| **Script Modules** → Rule Script... | Opens the Rule Global Script Module of the Script Editor. For more about script modules, see [Using scripts in FlexiCapture](/flexi-capture/appendix/scripts/scripts). |
| **Script Modules** → Export Script... | Opens the Export Global Script Module of the Script Editor. For more about script modules, see [Using scripts in FlexiCapture](/flexi-capture/appendix/scripts/scripts). |
| Export Settings... | Opens the Export Settings dialog box, where you can configure data export options. |
| Document Definition Properties... | Opens a dialog box where you can view and edit the properties of the Document Definition. |
| **Localization** → Localizable Script Messages... | Opens a dialog box where you can view and edit error messages. For more information, see [Localizing a Document Definition](/flexi-capture/templates/localization). |
| **Localization** → Localization Options... | Opens the localization options for the Document Definition. For more information, see [Localizing a Document Definition](/flexi-capture/templates/localization). |
| Save | Saves your changes. |
| Close | Closes the Document Definition editor. |
## Edit
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Undo | Undoes the previous action. |
| Redo | Redoes the undone action. |
| Cut | Cuts highlighted objects. |
| Copy | Copies highlighted objects to the Clipboard. |
| Paste | Pastes the Clipboard contents to the user-specified location. |
| Delete | Deletes highlighted objects. |
| Delete Region | Removes regions from the images of highlighted objects. |
| Select All | Selects all. |
| Select Regions by Type... | Detects objects of a certain type. |
| Select Fields by Type... | Highlights fields of a specific type on the image. |
| **Create Field** → Text | Adds a text entry field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Checkmark | Adds a checkmark field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Checkmark Group | Adds a checkmark group field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Barcode | Adds a barcode field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Picture | Adds a picture field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Table | Adds a table field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Group | Adds a group of fields to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Service Field | Adds a service field to the document structure (without adding a region on the image). |
| **Create Field** → Link to Existing Field | Adds a [link to an existing field](/flexi-capture/templates/mirror-field) |
| Copy Text from Image... | Gets text from a region and stores it in the Clipboard. After selecting this command, highlight the region where the text is located. |
| **Image...** → Despeckle | Removes noise from the image. |
| **Image...** → Invert | Inverts the image. |
| **Image...** → Rotate 90° Clockwise | Rotates the image 90° clockwise. |
| **Image...** → Rotate 90° Counterclockwise | Rotates the image 90° counterclockwise. |
| **Image...** → Rotate 180° | Rotates the image 180°. |
| **Image...** → Change Resolution... | Opens the Set Resolution dialog box, where you can specify a new image resolution value. |
| **Image...** → Save As... | Saves the image to a file. |
| **Image...** → Replace... | Replaces the image with another one. |
## View
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Image Layout** → Static Elements | Switches to Static Elements mode. |
| **Image Layout** → Field Regions | Switches to Field Regions mode. |
| **Document Structure** → Show Document Structure | Shows/hides the document structure window. |
| **Document Structure** → Fields | Switches the Document Structure window to the Fields mode. |
| **Document Structure** → Pages | Switches the Document Structure window to the Pages mode. |
| Data Form | Shows/hides the data form. |
| **Data Form Text Size** → Very Large | Selects the largest font for the text displayed in the data form. |
| **Data Form Text Size** → Large | Selects a large-sized font for the text displayed in the data form. |
| **Data Form Text Size** → Medium | Selects a medium-sized font for the text displayed in the data form. |
| **Data Form Text Size** → Small | Selects a small-sized font for the text displayed in the data form. |
| **Data Form Text Size** → Very Small | Selects the smallest font for the text displayed in the data form. |
| **Layout Toolbar** → Horizontal | Docks the toolbar of the image layout window horizontally. |
| **Layout Toolbar** → Vertical | Docks the toolbar of the image layout window vertically. |
| **Errors Window** → Top | Places the errors window at the top of the screen. |
| **Errors Window** → Bottom | Places the errors window at the bottom of the screen. |
| **Errors Window** → Left | Places the errors window on the left. |
| **Errors Window** → Right | Places the errors window on the right. |
| **Errors Window** → Show Assembly Errors | Shows / hides the assembly errors. |
| **Errors Window** → Show Multi-Field Rule Errors | Shows / hides the multi field rule errors. |
| **Errors Window** → Show Single-Field Rule Errors | Shows / hides the single field rule errors. |
| **Errors Window** → Show Unmatched Region Errors | Shows / hides the unmatched regions errors. |
| Status Bar | Shows / hides the status bar. |
| Show Image in Black and White | Shows color and grayscale images in black-and-white. |
| **Image Scale** → Fit to Width | Fits the width of the page to the display area. |
| **Image Scale** → Fit to Height | Fits the height of the page to the display area. |
| **Image Scale** → Best Fit | Fits the entire page to the display area. |
| **Image Scale** → 400% | Scales the image to 400% of the original size. |
| **Image Scale** → 200% | Scales the image to 200% of the original size. |
| **Image Scale** → 100% | Scales the image to 100% of the original size. |
| **Image Scale** → 75% | Scales the image to 75% of the original size. |
| **Image Scale** → 50% | Scales the image to 50% of the original size. |
| **Image Scale** → 25% | Scales the image to 25% of the original size. |
| **Image Scale** → Custom... | Lets you select your own custom scaling setting. |
| **Image Scale** → Zoom in | Makes the image larger. |
| **Image Scale** → Zoom out | Makes the image smaller. |
| Properties... | Opens a dialog box where you can view and edit the properties of the highlighted object. |
## Layout
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Adjust Region | Adjusts the positions of the selected form elements. |
| **Align Regions** → Left | Aligns the selected form elements along the left-hand side of the last selected element. |
| **Align Regions** → Right | Aligns the selected form elements along the right-hand side of the last selected element. |
| **Align Regions** → Top | Aligns the selected form elements along the top side of the last selected element. |
| **Align Regions** → Bottom | Aligns the selected form elements along the bottom side of the last selected element. |
| **Space Evenly** → Across | Evenly distributes the selected elements horizontally. |
| **Space Evenly** → Down | Evenly distributes the selected elements vertically. |
| Suggest Name | Suggests the explanatory text that is closest to the field region to be used as the name of the field. |
| Get Name from Image... | Changes the name of the field to a recognized text fragment located anywhere on the page. |
| Group | Groups highlighted objects. |
| Ungroup | Ungroups highlighted objects. |
| Duplicate Field | Creates a copy of a field or group of fields. |
| Continue Region... | Creates a field with multiple regions. |
| New Instance... | Creates a field with multiple instances. |
## Form
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Restore Default Size | Restores the default size of the selected form element. |
| **Margins** → Adjust | Sets the same margin size for all the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Reset All to Default | Restores the default margin size for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Delete All | Deletes the margins for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Reset Left to Default | Restores the default left margin size for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Delete Left | Deletes the left margin for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Reset Right to Default | Restores the default right margin size for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Delete Right | Deletes the right margin for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Reset Top to Default | Restores the default top margin size for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Delete Top | Deletes the top margin for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Reset Bottom to Default | Restores the default bottom margin size for the selected elements. |
| **Margins** → Delete Bottom | Deletes the bottom margin for the selected elements. |
| **Horizontal Alignment** → Left | Aligns the selected form elements along the left-hand side of the last selected element. |
| **Horizontal Alignment** → Right | Aligns the selected form elements along the right-hand side of the last selected element. |
| **Horizontal Alignment** → Center | Aligns the selected form elements along the center of the last selected element, without shifting the elements vertically. |
| **Horizontal Alignment** → Stretched | Evenly distributes the selected elements horizontally. |
| **Vertical Alignment** → Top | Aligns the selected form elements along the top side of the last selected element. |
| **Vertical Alignment** → Bottom | Aligns the selected form elements along the bottom side of the last selected element. |
| **Vertical Alignment** → Center | Aligns the selected form elements along the center of the last selected element, without shifting the elements horizontally. |
| **Vertical Alignment** → Stretched | Evenly distributes the selected elements vertically. |
| **Select** → Select Form Control | Selects the control element of the field. |
| **Select** → Select Cell | Selects the cell that contains the selected field. |
| **Select** → Select Caption | Selects the caption related to the field. |
| **Select** → Select Field Picture | Selects the picture related to the field. |
| **Select** → Select Field | Selects the field related to the caption. |
| **Select** → Select All Cells | Selects all the cells on the form. |
| **Select** → Select Row Cells | Selects all the cells in the row that contains the selected cell. |
| **Select** → Select Columns Cells | Selects all the cells in the column that contains the selected cell. |
| **Select** → Deselect Cells | Clears cell selection. |
| **Group** → Group | Groups the selected elements. |
| **Group** → Ungroup | Ungroups the selected elements. |
| **Group** → Lock Group | Locks the selected group of fields. Locked elements cannot be moved. |
| **Group** → Unlock Group | Unlocks the selected group of fields. |
| Add Caption | Adds the caption of the selected field which corresponds to the document structure. |
| Add Field Picture | Adds the picture of the selected field. |
| **Insert Control** → Text | Adds explanatory text to the data form. |
| **Insert Control** → Button | Adds a button to the data form. The button opens a dialog box enabling the user to check the field value against a database using a [rule](/flexi-capture/templates/rule-bd). |
| **Insert Control** → Field | Adds a field to the data form. This command is only available if at least one of the fields is missing in the data form. |
| Show as Table | Displays the selected repeating group of fields as a table on the form. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Create Columns and Rows... | Creates a table in an empty data form. Range of allowed values: 1 to 1000. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Add Rows Above... | Adds 1 to 10 rows above the row that contains the selected cell. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Add Rows Below\... | Adds 1 to 10 rows below the row that contains the selected cell. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Add Columns Left... | Adds 1 to 10 rows to the left of the row that contains the selected cell. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Add Columns Right... | Adds 1 to 10 rows to the right of the row that contains the selected cell. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Remove Row | Deletes the row that contains the selected cell. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Remove Column | Deletes the column that contains the selected cell. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Remove Empty Columns and Rows | Deletes any columns and rows that contain no elements. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Restore Column Sizes | Restores the default column sizes. |
| **Columns and Rows** → Restore Default View | Restores the default row sizes. |
| Merge Cells | Merges adjoining cells. |
| Split Cells | Splits previously merged cells. |
| Tab Order... | Opens the Tab Order... dialog box, where you can view or edit the order in which the TAB key moves the input focus from one field to another during verification. |
| Restore Default View | Restores the original appearance of the form.
**Note:** All the changes made by the user will be lost. |
## Testing
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Run Test | Starts [testing the Document Definition](/flexi-capture/templates/testing) on a document image. |
| Finish Test | Stops testing the Document Definition. |
| Image Mode | Enables the default document image viewing mode. |
| Data Mode | Enables the default document data viewing mode. |
| **Layout** → **Image Window** → Top | Places the image window at the top of the screen. |
| **Layout** → **Image Window** → Bottom | Places the image window at the bottom of the screen. |
| **Layout** → **Image Window** → Left | Places the image window on the left. |
| **Layout** → **Image Window** → Right | Places the image window on the right. |
| **Layout** → Show Toolbar | Shows/hides the toolbar in data mode. In the image mode, the toolbar is always displayed and cannot be hidden. |
| Show error message for active field | Changes the way errors are displayed for the current field. |
| **Verification** → Next Item to Verify | Goes to the next item to be verified. |
| **Verification** → Previous Item to Verify | Goes to the previous item to be verified. |
| **Verification** → Next Uncertain Character | Goes to the next low-confidence character. |
| **Verification** → Previous Uncertain Character | Goes to the previous low-confidence character. |
| **Verification** → Next Rule Error | Goes to the next rule error. |
| **Verification** → Previous Rule Error | Goes to the previous rule error. |
## Batch
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Switch to Test Batch... | Allows testing the Document Definition using test batches. |
| Close Test Batch... | Closes the test batch. |
| **View** → Details | Switches to Details view. |
| **View** → Thumbnails | Switches to Thumbnails view. |
| **View** → Customize Documents Table... | Opens the Choose Columns dialog box, where you can select columns to display and customize their view. |
| Load Images... | Opens the Load Images dialog box, where you can select images to be loaded and specify image pre-processing options. |
| Scan Images... | Opens a dialog box where you can scan images to be added to the batch. |
| Import Images... | Opens a dialog box where you can select an image import profile. |
| Recognize | Recognizes the batch. |
| Run Data Verification... | Runs verification on the batch. |
| Export | Exports the batch. |
| **Export to** → Data to Files... | Opens a dialog box where you can specify data saving options. |
| **Export to** → Images to Files... | Opens a dialog box where you can specify image saving options. |
| **Export to** → Database... | Opens a dialog box where you can configure the database connection settings. |
## Tools
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Autodetect Objects by Type... | Automatically detects and highlights fields and static elements of a certain type (depending on the mode). |
| Update Index Fields | Updates [links to existing fields](/flexi-capture/templates/mirror-field) |
| Check Document Definition | Checks the Document Definition. |
| Match Section | Checks the matching of a Document Definition section. |
| Update FlexiLayouts... | Allows updating used FlexiLayouts. |
| Update Definition with XFD... | Updates a Document Definition created from an XML Form Definition. For more information, see [Using XFD files to update Document Definitions](/flexi-capture/templates/template-form-designer#updatexfd). |
| Options... | Opens a dialog box where you can select GUI colors and view or modify the keyboard shortcuts. |
## Help
| **Menu item** | **Description** |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Help Topics | Opens ABBYY FlexiCapture help file. |
| Web Help | Opens ABBYY FlexiCapture help website. |
| Send Feedback... | Allows users to send comments and suggestions to ABBYY. |